As we learned in class, the basic principle of the Monte Carlo method is to randomly sample data points and compute their results. These methods are especially useful when we cannot find a definite algorithm for the process, such as finding the volume of an irregular shape.
Thus a foundational tool in any Monte Carlo algorithm […]

As most of us know, RSA is an algorithm used for many of today’s security applications. It was invented by three computer scientists at MIT, Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman. The process involves:
choosing two large distinct primes p and q, with n = p*q.
Then choose an e such that e is 1 […]

In our Project 1 we used Ray Tracing render a given image. While we managed to do it, it still took a decent amount of time i.e. function evaluations to complete the process. At UCL Computer Science however, Dr. Jan Kautz has developed a new method for rendering these images, and while we only rendered […]